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Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: American Strong Ale

Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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10233.88/5.03.87/5.0Special12%93.8Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Big Brown Ale aged on palo santo wood from Paraguay. This beer is a 12% abv, highly roasty, and malty brown ale aged on the wood of the Palo Santo tree from Paraguay. Palo Santo means "holy tree" and it's wood has been used in South American wine-making communities. We were lucky enough to get our hands on 20 blocks of the super-dense wood and the wood was added to the ageing tank after fermentation.
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 doubelknv3 (559), Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 24, 2009  
Dark brown with tan head. Whiskey oak, raisin, and Worcestershire aroma. Whiskey oak, roast, caramel, alcohol, and raisin flavours. Balanced and dry.


 jbye4334 (652), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 23, 2009  
(bottle). Black color. Medium tan head. Strong malt, wood, and alcohol aromas. Strong malt and alcohol flavor with light wood. Avg duration. Slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Good lacing.


 ansermadide (496), Kyle, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 18, 2009    Updated: Oct 17, 2009
Sample at July 17, 2009 Beer Club meeting. Nice and... black for a brown ale. That wood aging really did a number on the color. Aroma of raisins and an unmistakable resiny aroma. This reminds me of something from college. But what, I have no idea. Another unique and fine beer from DFH. Delicious! Also enjoyed this with Alex the night I returned home from the hospital with my lovely wife and newborn son as a celebratory consumption. A great beer for special occasions!


 arminjewell (100), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/104/516/20
Jul 17, 2009  
Holy aroma, for a malt liquor this is intense. Pours almost black, more of a deep red that you can still see through. Smells of thick woody/malty with some sweetness. On the palate it is thick, and gives a woody taste that dominates the sweetness with a strong alcohol backing. Overall a good beer, very unique.


 pintbypint (1002), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/517/20
Jul 14, 2009  
12fl oz brown bottle. Opaque dark brown pour. Solid cap of thick tan foam, super creamy and tight, fades to a decent clingy ring around the glass. Aroma is sweet, some brown sugar. Flavours are caramel malt, coffee, chocolate - fairly sweet overall with noticable alcohol that is somewhat hard to get past. Some woody mouthfeel, ends with a slight hops bite, dry, roasty, some coffee. Full, slick body, moderate tingling carbonation on the tounge. Interesting, tasty, and big... maybe a bit to big for me to fully appreciate.


 WesKBob (317), Bethany, Oklahoma, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/519/20
Jul 14, 2009  
Pours a very dark brown. No head, even with an aggressive pour. Lots of oaky wood notes in the aroma (it smells like walking into an antique store). Flavor has some notes of smoke and vanilla, but is again dominated by the woodiness. Lots of alcohol burn, but nothing out of the ordinary given the ABV. Mouthfeel is thick and coating. Very rich and smooth drinking. Excellent beer.


 hallinghansen (263), Odense SV, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jul 13, 2009  
Bottle. Brown/black body, with a medium brown long lasting head. Aroma is wood, vanilla, caramel and liquorice. Flavor is alcohol, wood, vanilla and caramel. Very complex and very delicious. Allmost like an impy stout.


 thirdeye11 (403), Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Jul 12, 2009  
(12oz bottle thanks to mar) Pours a dark brown with decent tan head. Nose is belgian yeast, spicy and complex and dark fruit. Flavor is light chocolate, sweet and smoky, bready yeast, dark fruits, with a great finish. This beer does not show any of its supposed 12% alcohol in the nose or flavor at all. The best DFH brew I’ve had to date by far.



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